Thor 037: How Many Townies Does It Take to Pull a Hammer Out of the Ground?

<h2>Minute Thirty-Seven: From Stan the Man to Bare-Chested Thor</h2> <p>Joining us to discuss Stan Lee as well as Thor’s perfect body is Jessica Plummer, author and contributing editor at Book Riot.</p> <h3>In the thirty-seventh minute of <a href="https://trustory.fm/director/kenneth-branagh/">Kenneth Branagh</a>’s 2011 film <em>Thor</em>...</h3> <ul><li>How strong does that chain have to be to rip the bed of a Dodge pickup truck right off the frame? Or is it that the truck itself was not made well? In a minute of perfect bodies, this truck proves it does not have the perfect body.</li> <li>If they chipped the rock away from under Mjølnir, would they be able to pull it away?</li> <li>Look! It’s Stan Lee in his cameo! Turns out, Stan the Man is driving the pickup that gets torn apart.</li> <li>It’s been disproved that Stan’s one of the Watchers now that <em>What If...?</em> has been released, but we explore what he would be up to if he were the Watcher during this crossover period between <a href="https://trustory.fm/marvelmovieminute/ih001/"><em>The Incredible Hulk</em></a>, <a href="https://trustory.fm/marvelmovieminute/im2001/"><em>Iron Man 2</em></a> and this film.</li></ul> <h3>Agent Coulson finally arrives.</h3> <ul><li>And it looks a bit familiar as we’ve seen a bit of this at the end of <em>Iron Man 2</em>.</li> <li>He’s very stoic as the SHIELD agent, and as his first foray outside of the <em>Iron Man</em> films, it really feels like he’s starting to step into his own here. But he doesn't have Thor's perfect body.</li> <li>They do make him feel more menacing though. Is that because for this film, they’re meant to feel more of a threat during the continuing sequences with Mjølnir?</li> <li>This moment again speaks so well about what Kevin Feige had been setting up with this crossover universe that becomes the Marvel Cinematic Universe.</li> <li>We talk about a few of the other actors playing townies at the crater as well.</li></ul> <h3>Back at Smith Motors in Jane’s workshop, and we find Thor shirtless, sh